Sigurd: It is commonly known that being in first or last position
is not a great place to be. He made a old statement with his double blue first
pick of the Stinging Barrier and stayed blue for the rest of the draft. This
turned out ok for him - by the end of the boosters there were only 2 and a
half blue players. In the second booster he got a Balloon Peddler and a Ramosian
Rally, but was soon pushed out of white, as Thomas (to his left) took every
white card available from that point. Half way through the Masques he noticed
that there were only two red players and started taking s many red cards as
he could to make a point to the rest of the players. Unfortunately for the
new slimline Norwegian, even though no one else moved into red, no good Nemesis
red showed up and his deck was looking like a bunch of Sprites, Skates and
Wandering Eyes. Mercifully he managed to get a Flowstone Thopter in the last
booster of this set. First picking a Keldon Beserker in the Prophecy he might
have seemed potentially ok, but again the red was surprisingly weak, so 3
Rethinks, a Spur Grappler and a Barbed Field were the only good cards he could
get from then on. Sigurd is a great player, but he will find these matches
very tricky.

Decklist

9 Islands

Balloon Peddler

8 Mountains

Blockade Runner

Saprazzan Breaker

Stinging Barrier

Blaster Mage

Brawl

Kris Mage

Flowstone Thopter

Rusting Golem

Laccolith Grunt

2 Cloudskate

Ensnare

2 Wandering Eye

Alexi's Cloak

3 Rethink

Barbed Field

Keldon Berserker

Spur Grappler

Veteran Brawlers!

Tom: His first pick was a Sergeant, then in the second booster he
took a Lieutenant over a Charmed Griffin which is a questionable choice. The
rebels then seemed to fall into his lap from this point though - 2 Steadfast
Guards, 1 Falcon, 1 Lightbringer, 1 Lawbringer, 1 Mercenary Infromer and aTrenching
Steed. However, there was no glider. He got a second pick Avatar of Hope in
the Prophecy, but other than that his deck does not pack much punch. I believe
he will have to splash a little black to make a full 40 cards. His one Silkenfist
Order might prove to save him in many situations.

Decklist

11 Plains

Alabastar Wall

6 Swamps

2 Disenchant

Ramosian Lieutenant

Ramosian Sergeant

2 Steadfast Guard

2 Agent of Shaku

1 Fen Stalker

Avatar of Hope

Divining Griffin

Flowering Field

Mercenary Informer

Rhystic Shield

Soul Charmer

Trenching Steed

Defiant Falcon

Lawbringer

Lightbringer

Silkenfist Order

Sivvi's Ruse

Topple

Niels: His first choice of Shock Troops will not be played. His first
few relevant picks were Shock Trops, Vendetta, Cateran Brute, Flaming Sword,
Deepwood Ghoul, Spidersilk Armour, Deepwood Ghoul, Spidersilk Armour!, Vendetta.
Unsurprisingly he ended up playing a black/green deck. His red dried up as
Sigurd moved in on his right and it became an unlikely choice to continue
trying to draft it as Franck strangely first picked a Hired Giant in the fourth
booster. In Nemesis the black and green did not fall that well for him although
a few good cards like a Seal of Removal and Intimidator showed up. The Prophecy
was more kind though, with two Living Terrain, Steal Strength and a Thresher
Beast. He certainly has enough cards to build a solid deck here.

Decklist

Chimeric Idol

2 Death Charmer

Fen Stalker

Steal Strength

2 Living Terrain

2 Spore Frog

Thresher Beast

Vine Trellis

2 Spidersilk Armour

2 Vendetta

2 Deepwood Ghoul

1 Cateran Brute

Rathi Intimidator

Spitefull Bully

Seal of Strength

2 Treetop Bracers

8 Swamps

8 Forests

1 Rath's Edge

Franck: Airship, Griffin, Waterfront Bouncer then Hired Giant. The
Giant surprised me as there was an equally good (imo) Blockade Runner which
really could have shut out the blue, and there was not a white player to his
right at that stage. Maybe he just refuses to draft white and wanted to move
into red even though the two players to his left had taken playable red cards.
This was the upsetting move of the game for the rest of the players as colours
shifted hugely as a result. Haakon (to his right) left his Wild Jhovall for
dead, but more confusion followed as Franck then proceeded to take Gush, Kyren
Sniper Warmonger (over Wild Jhovall) Trap Runer, Fresh Volunteers, 2 Defiant
Falcons, 2 Crushers (the red fell well for him in Nemesis), Ancient Hydra,
Machinist, Seal of Cleansing, Flame rift, Defender-en-Vec, Withdraw, Scoria
Cat, Troubled Healer, Glittering Lion, Ribbon Snake, Minatour and Sword Dancer.
So - it turns out he is going to end up with a U/R/W deck with lots of strong
cards, but there seems to be a huge problem with the mana base - there are
a huge amount of double colour casting cost cards.

Decklist

4 Islands

Charmed Griffin

7 Mountains

Fresh Volunteers

7 Plains

Orim's Cure

Trap Runner

Gush

Rishadan Airship

Waterfront Bouncer

Hired Giant

Kyren Sniper

Warmonger

Defender-en-Vec

2 Defiant Falcon

Ancient Hydra

2 Flowstone Crusher

Hollow Warrior

Megata's Boon

Soul Charmer

Sword Dancer

Troubled Healer

Scoria Cat

Withdraw

Haakon: It seems his drafting strategy was to pick the best cards,
then think about colours later. After a few early colour changes (he took
an Overtaker and Wild Jhoval) he moved into black/green - the only two colours
Franck was not drafting, but his card count will be short, as Marcus, to his
left, played green too, but had better earlier picks in Masques and swiped
a Blastoderm in the Nemesis. Basically, his deck has some strong cards like
Slaver, Pit Raptor and Massacre, but will have to run some weak ones too.

Decklist

9 Forest

Cackling Witch

9 Swamp

Cateran Slaver

Dark Ritual

Horned Troll

Silverglade Elemental

Vine Trellis

Massacre

Plague Witch

Rathi Intimidator

Spitefull Bully

Viscious Hunger

Skyshroud Cutter

Treetop Bracers

Despoil

Pit Raptor

Whipstitched Zombie

Rib Cage Spider

Squirrel Wrangler

2 Thrive

Verdant Field

Vintara Elephant

Wild Might

Marcus: This guy really stuck to his guns. Lightning Hounds, Collective
Unconsciousness, Blaster Mage, Irregulars, Invigorate, Kris Mage, Thunderclap,
Jhovall, Dragonfly, Cave Sense, Revive, Grunt, Blastoderm, Arc Mage, etc etc.
By this stage his deck was looking quite strong, but his red and green were
cut of pretty badly in Prophecy by both Haakon and Franck. Even so,
I should turn out ok.

Decklist

16 Mountains!

Blaster Mage

Gerrard's Irregulars

Kris Mage

Kyren Glider

Lightning Hounds

Thunderclap

Wild Jhovall

Fault Riders

Panic Attack

3 Spur Grapplers

2 Zerapa Minotaur

Arc Mage

Bola Warrior

Downhill Charge

Flame Rift

Flowstone Crusher

2 Flowstone Strike

Laccolith Grunt

2 Mogg Toady

Mattias: He tried to stamp on black from the outset - Deepwood Legate,
Bog Witch (he was making a point here - there was a Collective Unconsciousness
in the booster remaining), Maggot Therapy, Kidnappers, Brute, Nether Spirit
and Bog Smugglers. He was looking heavy black, but had also taken a Footpad
and a Counterspell. A Dominate then found it's way to him in the first nemesis
booster and his colours were decided. The second booster then handed him a
Rathi Assassin. He also picked up a Viscious Hunger, Seal of Doom and Plague
Witch! The Prophey was just as good for him - 2 Spiketail Hatchling, Withdraw,
Rethink, Fen Stalker, Rebel Informer and Avatar of Woe. This deck should be
really good.

Decklist

Counterspell

Rishidan Footpad

Daze

Dominate

Rethink

Spiketail Hatchling * 2

Withdraw

Bog Smugglers

Cateran Brute

Cateran Kidnappers

Cateran Summons

Deepwood Legate

Maggot Therapy

Nether Spirit

Plague Witch

Rathi Assassin

Seal of Doom

Viscious Hunger

Avatar of Woe

Fen Stalker

Flay

Rebel Informer

7 Islands

10 Swamps

Thomas: Like Marcus he stayed in hi colours from the outset. He
drafted green/white hich looked weak to begin with until the latter
part of the Masques where he picked up Noble Purpose, Invigorate,
Ballista Squad, Nightwind Glider. By the end of the 3 sets he had
a reasonable white/ green deck with some fat, a few tricks and a
Faith Healer. The fat might well cause problems for some of the
other players.

Decklist

8 Forest

Ballista Squad

9 Plains

Crossbow Infantry

Nightwind Glider

Noble Purpose

Invigorate

Rushwood Dryad

Tiger Claws

Defiant Vanguard

Oracle's Attendants

Silkenfist Fighter

Silkenfist Order

Seal of Strength

Woodripper

Chimeric Idol

Divining Griffin

Excise

2 Mageta's Boon

Trenching Steed

Troubled Healer

Silt Crawler

Spore Frog

Thresher Beast

Mattias is my favourite to win this draft, but hey - he is on my team,
so I would say that.